How To Open Ost File In Various Ms Outlook Versions

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OST files serve as valuable backup option for Microsoft Outlook data. You may need to open OST files at times to access the data in MS Outlook. When OST files are accessible then it’s pretty easy to view them in MS Outlook. However the issue occurs when there is some kind of corruption in files, damage of OST or version compatibility issues between Exchange server and MS Outlook.

If you can open the OST file in off-line mode, you can then create a PST and simply copy the contents of the OST over to the PST. The trick here is opening the OST in the same version of the Exchange server. Since OST files are typically tied to a specific profile or Exchange Server account settings, they appear just as codes in another server account. If the original account is not available, then you may not be able to open the OST. Let’s try to understand it with the help of a typical example:

Suppose your OST files were created with Exchange Server 2003 account. You discontinued use but now you have Outlook 2007 and require few mails from the earlier files which you have in the OST. If you want to open OST file in Outlook 2007 ...
... now, you won’t be able to do this directly. Files will be unreadable and prove to be useless. What you need is a good OST to PST convertor to open OST files.

These specific convertors work as the data savior when Exchange Server gets damaged, user’s mailbox gets deleted or user’s Outlook profile gets corrupt leaving the OST file helpless and unreadable to MS Outlook. Even at times OST files itself get corrupted due to malicious virus or corruption due to software malfunction, deletion of emails, header corruption or database corruption. All these situations as well as the main case discussed above can be sorted using convertors.

Have a brief look over the extensive features supported by OST to PST convertor:

1.Recovers emails with attachments, contacts, calendar, journals, notes, tasks etc.

2.Restores email fields such as sender's name, recipient's name, subject, message flags, creation date/time etc.

3.Converts OST files even if they are password safe.

4.Provides multiple options to save OST items to PST, DBX, MSG, or EML format.

5.Supports OST files created with any version of MS Outlook and Exchange Server.

The last feature mentioned here is the eminent feature solving the above referred compatibility issue. After converting OST to PST, the new files are viewable with any version and now you can even open OST file in Outlook 2007.

Kernel for OST to PST Conversion is a highly recognized product with all these mentioned features. It supports all the versions of Microsoft Exchange server 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000, 5.5 and 5.0 and MS Outlook - 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, 98 and 97. The advanced saving options and easy GUI make it a better choice than the rest. An OST to PST freeware is also available which scans and shows all the data that can be extracted and actually saved using the full version.

The author of this article is an IT expert and has in-depth knowledge about various recovery tools. Here, he has explained about cases when we need to convert OST to PST. He featured how non-supportable versions can be used to open OST file in Outlook 2007. Along with, he has also suggested an OST to PST convertor freeware.